Lepidocybium flavobrunneum [Smith, 1843], commonly known as escolar, is a large pelagic species, important for global and local fisheries, particularly in the southwestern South Atlantic Ocean (SWAO), where it constitutes a significant portion of the catch. However, despite its important socioeconomic role, it remains less studied compared to other large pelagic species. Enhancing research efforts is therefore key to better un...

The Portuguese dogfish Centroscymnus coelolepis is a wide‐ranging deep‐water shark and a common by‐catch component of the catches of several mid‐ to deep‐water fisheries. In the present study, two new records from the south‐western Atlantic Ocean are reported based on specimens caught by bottom‐longline fishing vessels operating in the Argentinean–Uruguayan Common Fishing Zone. Species identification based on morphology and de...

The blue shark ( Prionace glauca ) is the most frequently captured shark in pelagic oceanic fisheries, especially pelagic longlines targeting swordfish and/or tunas. As part of cooperative scientific efforts for fisheries and biological data collection, information from fishery observers, scientific projects and surveys, and from recreational fisheries from several nations in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans was compiled. Data s...